Rick Noack

PARIS -- Five more suspects have been detained in connection with the daytime theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum, the Paris public prosecutor's office said Thursday.

The suicide bombing in Islamabad injured 27 others, officials said. Officials blamed the attack on the Pakistani Taliban, which has not claimed responsibility.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan At least 12 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Tuesday, the countrys interior

Afghanistan and Pakistan appear headed toward a new military escalation.

April 2021 For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops.

Topper April 2021 For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops.

For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve centre of the United States-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops.

Pakistans military is tightening its grip on the country with sweeping legal changes that critics say are centralizing power in the hands of army chief Gen.

ISLAMABAD — Attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis this week have frustrated Pakistan and threaten to draw Islamabad into the conflict, complicating any future role it may have

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